Just starting

I wanted to start a journal detailing my journey through Final Fantasy XI. At this point, I am not so sure how I am going to do it but here it goes.
My sister has tried for years to get me to play Final Fantasy. Much of the delay has been that I did not have a good computer or good internet connections. Now that I have both I have started to play thanks to her buying me the game!

My main character is Sofiana, named after a powerful Deryni, in Katherine Kurtz's deryni books. She is a Mithra (a cat like race), and I am training her as a Red Mage. For someone not familar with Final Fantasy I am sure that is confusing, but if you are starting or a seasoned player you know exactly what it is.

I am in the world Leviathan. The servers for FFXI are given names to distinguish and keep them from being too busy and overloaded.
In the world I started in Windhurst. It is a very large city. I am working on cooking skills and leveling up my job and weapon skills as well.
as I blog along, I will post tips for beginners as I am finding many of the sites are not beginner friendly. I don't know that I can be any help to anyone in the game. We shall see as I go along.